by vjbooks | May 10, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
There are clues in Laura Lippman’s new novel, “Life Sentences,” of what it is like to be an artist who has achieved some measure of independence. The book’s protagonist, Cassandra Fallows, is, like Lippman, a best-selling writer. At one point...
by vjbooks | May 4, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
George’s all-original anthology showcases 18 stories by established women mystery writers and five by relative unknowns. While not every entry is a winner, the wide variety of styles and settings will please most mystery fans. Especially strong are Linda...
by vjbooks | Feb 19, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(baltimoresun.com, Feb. 15, Diane Scharper) For the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth, the Mystery Writers of America have published this collection of 16 of Poe’s best works with often-insightful commentary by well-known mystery writers. As...
by vjbooks | Feb 16, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(news.cincinnati.com, Jan. 21, Dinesh Ramde) “In the Shadow of the Master” (William Morrow, 416 pages), edited by Michael Connelly: The beating of the telltale heart still echoes beneath the floorboards. The cask of amontillado still eludes the wretched...
by vjbooks | Feb 15, 2009 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Laura Lippman’s latest look at her local Baltimore is ready to order. Writer Cassandra Fallows achieved critical and commercial success with an account of her Baltimore childhood growing up in the 1960s and a follow-up dealing with her adult marriages and...
by vjbooks | Jan 28, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
This stunning stand-alone from bestseller Lippman (Baltimore Blues) examines the extraordinary power and fragility of memories. Writer Cassandra Fallows achieved critical and commercial success with an account of her Baltimore childhood growing up in the 1960s and a...
by vjbooks | Jan 24, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(gather.com, Dec. 18, Mike C.) After reading a lot of heavier material, it was fun to get back to a detective novel with a bit of flair. Besides, the author, Laura Lippman, has the premier dust jacket photo in the world and in between chapters it’s fun to look at her....
by vjbooks | Jan 2, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Interview with Laura Lippman
by vjbooks | Jan 1, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(latimes.com, Nov. 23, Sarah Weinman) Novels about kidnapping by Laura Lippman, Jennifer McMahon, Stewart O’Nan and others consider the lives of those left behind. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, just more than 2,000 children are reported missing...
by vjbooks | Dec 25, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(mcherald.com, Nov. 22, JC Patterson) Here’s a by-the-book breakdown of fine reads I have known and appreciated this year. The Big Boys: Heavyweight hits like Richard Price’s Lush Life, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski , and my favorite read...
by vjbooks | Dec 20, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...
by vjbooks | Oct 6, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Aug. 25) Fans of bestseller Lippman’s long-running series featuring Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan (Another Thing to Fall, etc.) will be pleased to find that the 17 selections in her first short story collection are as intricate and witty...
